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Assess Your Practice in Managing ConstipationCME / ABIM MOCOnly 40% of patients with chronic idiopathic constipation report satisfaction with the over-the-counter medication -- find out why!
Partnering With Patients: Personalizing Care for IBS-C CME / ABIM MOCA patient discusses her journey with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) as part of an expert panel filmed live at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2022 annual meeting.
Medscape Education Gastroenterology, November 2022
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic constipation are disorders of recurrent colonic symptoms and neither has a clear-cut etiology. IBS is a common disorder of the intestines in which altered motility, abnormal visceral sensation, and psychosocial factors produce characteristic IBS symptoms, such as abdominal pain, bloating, and mucus in feces. Because IBS can cause chronic constipation, it is difficult for clinicians to distinguish between these 2 presentations.